Egg cleaner



y March 24, 1936.

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EGG CLEANE R Filed Aug. 2l, 1935 -2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor Patented Mar. 24, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT ori-Ica` EGG CLEANER Neil E. Bridgman, Sunnyside, Wash.

Application August 21, 1935, Serial No. 37,239

2 Claims. (Cl. 51190) 'I'his invention appertains to new and useful improvements in cleaning devices and more particularly to a device especially adapted for cleaning eggs. The principle object of the present invention is to provide a cleaner whereby eggs can be cleaned quickly and thoroughly without injuring the shells thereof.

Another important object of the invention is to provide an egg cleaner wherein the cleaning ele-- ments can be readily removed for the purpose of' repair or replacement thereof.

Other important objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent to the reader of the following speciiicaton.

In the drawings Figure 1 represents a side elevational view of the machine.

Figure 2 represents a fragmentary vertical sectional view through the machine.

Figure 3 represents a cross sectional view taken substantially on the line 3--3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 represents a perspective view of one of the flaps.

Figure 5 represents a side elevational view of the mandrel.

Figure 6 representsa sectional view through one of the mandrel pins showing one of the flaps thereon.

Referring to the drawings wherein like numerals designatelike forms, it can be seen that numeral 5 represents the electric motor from which extends the armature shaft 6. The novel cleaner is generally referred to by numeral 'I and v, consists of a mandrel shown in Figure 5. The mandrel consists of the hub 8 having a circumferentially extending ange 9 thereon and a set screw I0 whereby the hub is secured to the armature shaft 6 substantially in the manner shown in Figure 2.

The flange 9 is provided with a plurality of circumferentially arranged end openings II. Numerals I2--I3 represent a pair of disks which at their central portions are provided with annular arrangements of openings I4. A plurality of pins I5 extend through the openings I4 of the disks I2-I3 and each is provided with a head I6 at one end while its opposite end is engaged into a corresponding opening II of the hub flange 9.

It is to be understood, that the pins I5 are suitably secured, as by soldering, to the flange 9, and with the assembly as shown in Figure 2, all that is required to replace the flaps I8 is to first remove the split ring I'I so that the sheet rubber disk I3 can be slipped over the heads I6 of the pins and the flaps I8 subsequently removed over the headed ends of the pins. The clips I9 serve to hold the flaps in place on the ring when the strips I8 of the aps are properly placed on the pins.

It can now be seen, that when the motor 5 is set in operation the mandrel will rotate and the flap formed by the emery cloth clipped on the pins I5 will lie between the disks I2-I3 and when an egg or similar article is held in the path 5 of the flaps it will be cleaned oil' very quickly and thoroughly.

It can be seen that the clip I9 can be easily removed to renew the iiap and that the pins I5 can be readily removed to dismantle the mandrel for the purpose of repair or replacement of parts.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specific terms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, size Y, and materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having described the invention, as new is:

1. A cleaner of the character described comprising a rotary shaft, a hub on the shaft provided with a plurality` of annularly arranged openings, a plurality of pins extending from the hub and each having one end engaged into a corresponding opening in the hub, the outer ends of the said pins being provided with heads, a disk provided with openings therein for receiving the pins and being disposed against the hub, a second disk having openings therein for receiving the pins and being disposed on the outer ends of the pins, flap members having hems through which the pins are disposed, the last mentioned disk being of elastic material so that it can be pulled over the heads of the pins so that the said flaps can be displaced from the pins.

2. A cleaner of the character described comprising a rotary shaft, a hub on the shaft provided with a plurality of annularly arranged openings, a plurality of pins extending from the hub and each having one end engaged into a corresponding opening in the hub, the outer ends of the saidpins being provided with heads, a disk provided with openings therein for receiving the pins and being disposed against the hub, a second disk having openings therein for receiving the pins and being disposed on the outer ends of the pins, iiap members having hems through which the pins are disposed, the last mentioned disk being of elastic material so that it can be pulled over the heads of the pins so that the said fiaps can be displaced from the pins, and an annular member of resilient material for engagement around the pinsadjacent the ends thereof to prevent displacement of the last mentioned disk.

what is claimed NE1L E. BRIDGMAN. 

